Trillions from washington, more printing by the fed, that is a shot in the arm for stocks. Look at this, the dow industrial is going up maybe 300 points plus at the opening bill. The s p up 33, nasdaq up close to 100 points. Investors are really shrugging off the new round of stay at home and lockdown orders. And restrictions, were new ones in new jersey, ohio and california. And, yes, another case of lawmaker hypocrisy. L. A. County supervisor sheila are cool voted to ban Outdoor Dining at restaurants and then promptly went out for an outdoor meal at her favorite restaurant in santa monica. Youd think theyd learn, wouldnt you . Weve got a big show for you. Were going to introuse you to monetary introduce you to monetary theory. You dont pay for anything. Youll meet the man who declared an autonomous zone around his bar. Now, that is defiance. And youll meet the california guy who is flipping burgers on the sidewalk because they shut his restaurant down. And today, yes, we have got a T
Good thursday morning. Welcome to squawk alley. Im jon fortt with carl quintanilla. It is cloud week on squawk alley. If you were betting against snowflake, wur oyoure out in t cold this morning. That stock up is 12 same for Cloud Security and authentication specialist okta were going to talk to the ceo to see if this thing may stabilize from here or go higher splunk, that is the sound of a cloud stock dropping 22 after missing Sales Guidance for the third quarterer in quarter in a row. All this happening as amazons cloud conference is in full swing. Salesforce announced the second Biggest Software acquisition ever and we started the week on squawk alley talking to ibm president Jim Whitehurst who came to big blue in what and is still thelargest Software Acquisition ever redhat driven by a hybrid cloud. Julia, investors are betting on further growth from already heady levels we can certainly see that in what is happening with snowflake this morning it is reapproaching the highs that so
That really picked up after the good jobs number. That is the election uncertainty lets get back to election uncertainty. Joe biden has taken the lead in pennsylvania and georgia, remains ahead in nevada and georgia. We expect updates from all four today. For more, we are joined by Bloomberg Government congressional reporter emily wilkins, at the biden headquarters in wilmington, delaware. What is the latest . Emily the Biden Campaign has a tricky thing to do today. They have to continue to project confidence that biden is going to be the winner. That is what it is looking like right now. But what he also has to do is make sure that he doesnt get out there and declare victory. Biden has already said he cannot declare victory, trump cannot declare victory, but that they need to wait for the votes to be counted and for it to be called. Thank, indeed. Bloombergs thank you very much, indeed. Bloombergs emily wilkins. Lets bring in Josh Wingrove in washington. The Trump Campaign saying this
Prime time tonight. There is speculation he may claim the title of commander in chief. We shall see. But reports out of the Trump Campaign are that the president will not concede until recounts are completed in states ranging from pennsylvania, where votes are still being counted at this moment, to a couple of others that we have just showed on our screen. Our fox Business Reporters are standing by live in the crucial areas with the latest developments. Pennsylvania, arizona and georgia. Meanwhile, as team trump yells election fraud, there is no talk of one thing. Foreign hacking. We have got the ceo of the company that state and local governments turned to for keeping their Ballot Systems safe. Matthew principles is he mathew prince is here on that. We wrap up the strongest week in seven months. The october jobs report, we will show you that, big gains but also signs the Pandemic Recovery may be slightly slowing. After a big runup this week, the Dow Jones Industrials down 116, less th
Lashing today over how their companies handled 2020 election. Heck out few hours indicating a decline as we await october retail Sales Numbers out this morning at 8 30 a. M. Dow industrials down 88, nasdaq is up 14 and s p 500 lower by 14. Record day in wall street to start the week yesterday, dow finishing at its first alltime high in 9 months boosted by the positive news on modernas phase 3 vaccine trials. At the close up 471 points, nasdaq up 95, almost 1 and s p higher by 41, better than 1 . Big day for retail earnings, walmart and kohls and home depot all reporting this morning, we will have the numbers as soon as they give hit the tape. Holidays in digital world. Zoom is helping you and your family out if youre planning on a virtual turkey day, its making a buzz, mornings with maria is live right now. Maria home depot earnings hitting the tape right now and european markets are lower, cac quarante down 9, dax index lower by 25, take a look at home depot numbers, revenue above exp